CEDRUS. 89 



elevation and soil ; found on the mountains of Barbary in rocky- 

 situations, and on Mount Atlas, in Africa. 



It is not hardy, except in the milder parts of England. 



Gen, CEDRUS. Link. The Cedars. 



Flowers, monoecious, or male and female on the same plant, 

 but separate ; the male catkins solitary, cylindrical, erect, and 

 terminal, female ones somewhat oval and obtuse, solitary, very 

 rarely in twins, and erect. 



Cones, oval, obtuse at the ends, quite smooth, erect, and on 

 the upper side of the branches. 



Scales, very closely placed, rounded on the outer margins, 

 quite thin at the edges, leathery, smooth, and more or less 

 deciduous. 



Seeds, in twos under each scale, with a soft tegumental 

 covering, full of turpentine, more or less angular, and furnished 

 with a large persistent membranaceous wing. 



Seed-leaves, mostly nine in number. 



Leaves, needle-shaped, somewhat four-sided, stiff, persistent, 

 and disposed either in bundles or solitary. 



Name derived from * Cedron,' a brook in Judea, the Cedar 

 of Lebanon being found plentiful on its banks. 



All splendid evergreen trees, found either on Mount Lebanon, 

 the north of India, or on the Barbary and Atlas Mountains in 

 Northern Africa. 



No. 1. Cedrus atlantica, Manetti, the Mount Atlas Cedar. 

 Syn. Cedrus Africana, Gordon. 

 „ „ argentea, Loudon. 



„ „ elegans. Knight. 



„ Abies Atlantica, Lindley. 

 „ Pinus Atlantica, Endlicher. 



Leaves, in tufts, or singly on the young shoots, stiff, needle- 

 shaped, cylindrical, or flattened on the upper side, sharp- 



